joshatatlasstands

Very excited here to see the finished neck! Great ideas. I build amplifier stands and use LEDs sometimes. Will they come on when you plug in the guitar? or will you use a SPST?

Great work!

Josh

I think I got the order right this time, photobucket gets em all outta whack for me...

looks like Adam is excited about his stand

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/squawk-box/149545-my-atlas-stand-build.html

OK, so lesson #1 try to get the pictures in the right order the first time. lol

OK, deep breath, this is my first build thread. I hope it is well received. I'll be building an amplifier stand out of ambrosia maple, folding, with an adjustable back rest and a built in pedal board. It will have a single rack space as well for a power conditioner where all the pedals will plug up. It will have a fold out guitar stand attached to it as well. Hand planed, hand rubbed, and better than any I've built to date. Fingers crossed.

This is all good to hear because I had no idea if I could actually use it or not. Seems to me like I have a pretty good lot of butternut on my hands then. I'll probably use some of it for amp stands and some for a guitar build down the road sometime.

If anyone needs some butternut let me know, I have more than I will use in a good while, it's all 8/4 and cut in 8 to 10 foot long slabs, at least until I start to mill it down. It needs a few more months to air dry but at 8/4 it really doesn't need to be sandwiched to stay super flat. I'd love to see someone build something with it, and I'd be happy to put some in the mail. Spread the love, right?

Sincerely,

Josh

Well everybody does seem to be putting bear knuckles in their guitars these days.

I have a hip shot drop D tuner on my 72 reissue tele, it looks like a swollen bear knuckle , but it works. haha I wouldn't put one on a project guitar though, not very nice to look at for sure, but it's the kind of guitar that I wouldn't be afraid to use as an alternative for a drumstick on a crash cymbal to end a show with a bang. I actually did it once, it stayed in tune too

...I posted a bear build for cryin out loud. As long as it's good, or cool or at least entertaining, we'll join right in...

There's an idea for you, Josh. Make an amp stand in the shape of a bear

oo...oo...can I use a chainsaw too!!!? or would I have to use a chisel? I have some fossilized beaver teeth I could try! and enough butternut waiting to be used to build ten bear stands

livestock/wild animals aren't just for guitars anymore!

Plus I was hoping to lure John in to defend said POSs.

No doubt it will be successful

John? where are you, this thread won't be complete without at least a hello.

Hello:)

I definitely dig the look of butternut with the indentations, it probably even helps strengthen the surface by compressing the wood to form an outer shell. very interesting, thank you kindly for the help here.

it looks like you took a small ball hammer to the back, gave it a bird's eye look. Neat. Is that correct?

I have another question then, does butternut's light weight cause any major changes in the tone? If so is it a good sound?

I'm thinking I may inlay some of the butternut into the walnut tele I build, maybe some pinstripes or something.

I wonder if the butternut is strong enough for me to make an Atlas Stand out of some of it...I could at least do the panels out of it and make the legs out of walnut, that would be sweet. Maybe that should be my first documented build here.

So, if anyone is in need of butternut let me know, I can lop some off the end of one of these 2 inch thick boards I have.

throwing in a pic I want to share, I love the guitar on the right, it had a figured maple neck. My amp stands get lost in the mix when such nice instruments are set near them

I like the pink and white one. It looks pretty good to me and I like how it runs in places. It gives it more of a unique look.

+1

looks good for a test run

just found this butternut build on tdpri

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaster-discussion-forum/118826-cedar-tele-build.html

Also wanted to let you know I had the tree cut in 8/4 thickness, easily wide enough for a full body too.

Quick question. I had a dying butternut true felled a while back and I have a lot of it. It is pretty light and soft. Has anyone ever used Butternut in a guitar build? I hope I can find some use for it, it is very nice looking wood. I hear it is a wood carvers dream wood, but I don't carve so... any suggestions on how I can use it? Is anyone interested in using some of it for a build? If so I'll be happy to help. I have more of it than I need for my own use right now. It should be ready for use soon.

Thanks,

Josh

I just got this from a member of another forum when he saw the picture above, I thought it was funny.

Is a rat considered a livestock animal?

I had to do some research to see a Corvus, seeing as I am the n00b... personally I'll take the chicken, with or without the stapled neck.

Elmer Fudd would say "shhhhh, be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting corvus"

:D

you all rock, thanks for the good humor.

I got a picture of the latest stand in the owners house, looks good on his hardwood under the Blackstar, walnut, this is the lower end "studio" design I created originally for a Handmade Swart ST 5W amp.

...I'll donate a chicken

I wonder what type of glue would be needed to stick a fretboard on its neck?

Welcome to PG. I look forward to seeing some of your work in progress in the future

Thanks, cant wait to start a new build so I can doc the process.

on a side note, why did the fretboard cross the road?

Yes, and seeing as Wes is here, you'll want to extend that caution to include the livestock.

run away! run away! (monty python quote) LOL, If anyone is good enough to make a projects guitar out of livestock, I'll donate a chicken:)

Cheap scrapers are cheap just buy some. Sometimes making your own tools is more cost and work than buying them.

I am using cheap chinese Shop Fox scrapers and I think I get by ok...

Gotcha, I don't have a lot of time to make mediocre tools, so I'll just buy them. Thanks for the help!

On my first project guitar I want to use some walnut that I've been holding onto for a while with a root beer color finish, I'm not sure what wood is shown there in the picture above, but I really like the darker colors. I'll also want a Bigsby with a roller bridge on it, which will change the look too. Looking forward to when I can build it.

Is it recommended to use a solid block of walnut, or is it better to glue two pieces together, somewhere I think I read that a glued body actually helps the strength and sound of a guitar. I think they said the glue made the guitar resonate differently. Anyone have an opinion I can go on?

Thanks!

Thanks supplebanana, it was somewhat of a challenge to get up there with the rocket before the timer on the camera ended. maybe not hours, but long enough to learn a few techniques. like pic up the amp AFTER you are on the stand Someone asked me how strong the stands are because the own a 68 pound amp, thus the trapeze picture act was born. When I can find a large plastic barrel I'm going to sacrifice and weigh test one of the studio stands by putting the barrel on it and filling the barrel with water. Then I'll take note of how many gallons it takes to collapse a stand if it actually does collapse, then I'll do the math. I'll have a real number regarding weight capacity then. As it stands now I've had well over 200 pounds on them before and they held up just fine.

I'm learning a lot about woodworking by hand lately, Had a bit of a tough day with the Swamp Ash yesterday, I couldn't seem to control the tear out and today I'm going to have to start over with the build. Frustrating but still pretty cool to learn again after all these years of orbital sanding.

I think building these amp stands will be a good introduction to some of the skills used in building solid body guitars, there are some similarities in the tooling processes and assembly. The amp stand finishing process is not at difficult for sure, no nitro and all, IMO amp stands need to be able to take a bit of abuse that would damage a decent guitar finish.

I can see my first guitar build in my mind's eye and one day I'll build it. It will look similar to this one: